Showing the courage to restore connectivity in two of the world’s most challenging conflict zones, Reema Omari is no stranger to creating successful businesses as CEO of Universal Satcom. ...
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says worker at Kent factory has tested positive for coronavirus
Engineers work on the New Shepard suborbital spaceship’s crew capsule at Blue Origin’s production facility in Kent, Wash. (Credit: Blue Origin)An employee at Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has tested positive for coronavirus ...
Next Kuaizhou-1A rocket is dedicated to the people of Wuhan
03 April 2020
China will launch the first two communications satellites for its space-based Internet-of-Things (IoT) project in mid to late April, with one satellite named after its birthplace Wuhan, according to the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC). The ...
02 April 2020
China's Aperture Spherical Telescope, known as FAST, has identified 114 new pulsars since its trial operation began in September 2016, according to the FAST Operation and Development Center of the National Astronomical Observatories of China. FAST has carried ...
Video: Astronauts participate in Crew Dragon launch day dress rehearsal
NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, assigned to fly SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft on its first piloted mission into orbit, participated in a dress rehearsal of their suit-up procedures and a trip to launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center ...
Photos: Astronauts train to ride a Dragon into space
Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, two veteran space shuttle fliers, are gearing up to fly a privately-developed SpaceX Dragon capsule into orbit this year. These photos chronicle their recent training. ...
ESA science missions back in action after coronavirus-related shutdown
Four of the European Space Agency's robotic missions, including the agency's two Mars orbiters, are resuming science operations after a stand-down triggered by the positive diagnosis of an employee at ESA's control center in Germany with the coronavirus. ...
Crew training continues for SpaceX’s first launch with astronauts
During a visit to Cape Canaveral this week, NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken strapped in to the SpaceX crew capsule they will ride into orbit as soon as mid-to-late May. Next week, the astronauts will be in Houston to continue ...
SpaceX loses third Starship prototype in cryogenic ground test
A prototype for SpaceX's Starship space vehicle collapsed during pressure testing early Friday at the company's facility in South Texas -- the program's third failure during such testing since November -- but assembly of a new version is already underway. ...
